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-E. E. THOMAS.

INK HOLDER FOR PENS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN--16, 19]?- 1,818,000. Patented Oct. 7,1919.

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Application filed Janiiaryfs, 1917. Serial n6. 142,654.

To all whom it mag/concern:

Be it known that 1, Enw11v a citizen of the'United 'States, residing inthe city of Portland, county? of Multnomal'i, and State of Oregon, haveinvented ,c'eitain new and useful Impro'vemen tsi Ink- Holders for Pens,of which the following is E. TnolifAs,

a specification pens, and more particularly to a device adapted to beattached to a pen forholding a quantity of ink by capillary attractionso that the same will be fed to the pen as it used.

Among the salient objects of my invention are,to provide a device of thecharacter referred to which can be used in connection with any ordinarywriting pen, and which receives its charge of ink by being dipped intoink with the pen, or it can be loaded by dropping or wiping the inkthereon, as a drawing penis inked.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device of the characterreferred to which can be laid side-wise upon the paper without the inkrunning, or dripping, there from, and which can be emptied by being laidon its back upon a blotter, the blotter absorbing and drawing the inkfrom the device.

I11 order to clearly explain my invention I have illustrated onepractical embodiment thereof on the accompanying sheet of drawings,which I will now describe.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a holder and thereto;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device detached from the pen holder;and

Fig. 3 is an end view of the detached device turned on one side.

Referring now more in detail to the drawings, 1 designates a pen holderand 2 a writing pen, which may be of any desired type. My device, ashere illustrated, comprises an attaching sleeve 3, having a tapered openend at 4, to facilitate the insertion of the end of the pen holdertherein. Connected with said sleeve 3, by means of a connecting strip 5,which may be a continuation of the material of which said sleeve ismade, is an ink holding device comprising a body portion 6, havlng aseries of thin, spaced blades, as 7, preferably provided across theirunder edges with transversely extending grooves,

pen pen with my device applied rarefied a 1919."

as 8, and also provided theretlirough with regifSieringholes 9. A-topposite sides of the body; 6,. are projecting p,ins', 10 1Q, whichserve to support the ink' holderand pen off t epaiper Whenthe devicislaid on its sideorder to prevent the ink from, getting on the paper orsurface upon which the pen is I. thusla'id: y invention relates to inkholder's for.

The operation of my device is very simple as it is only necessary to dipthe device, as assembled in Fig. 1, with the pen 2, into ink. A quantityof ink fills in the spaces between the blades 7, and is there held bycapillary attraction, being fed down onto the top of the pen as the penis used. The notches 8, across the under edges of the blades 7, as wellas the holes 9, through said blades, facilitate the passing of the inkfrom one blade to another and to the pen.

In orderto drain the pen it is only necessary to lay the device upon ablotter with the back of the ink holder thereupon, for the blotter willabsorb the ink, drawing it from the holder. One dipping of the pen andthe holder into ink is all that is required for writing several pages ofordinary writing.

I am aware that slight changes can be made in my invention as hereembodied for purposes of illustration, without departing from the spiritthereof, and I do not, therefore, limit the invention to these details,except as I may be limited by the hereto appended claims.

I claim:

1. In combination with a writing pen and holder therefor, an ink holdingmeans above said pen comprising a plurality of spaced, verticallydisposed blades, extending longitudinally of said pen with their loweredges adjacent the top of said pen, whereby to hold ink therebetween bycapillary attraction and to feed it down onto said pen as said pen isflexed in use thereunder.

2. In combination with a writing pen and holder therefor, an ink holdingmeans above said pen and comprising an attaching means adapted to beattached to the holder in an adjustable man11er,jand a plurality ofspaced, vertically disposed blades, extending longitudinally of said penand having their lower edges notched and resting upon the back of saidpen, whereby to hold ink between said blades by capillary attraction andto feed said ink onto said pen as the pen is flexed thereunder in use,substantially as described.

3. In combination with a writing pen, an ink holding device comprising abody having a plurality of spaced, blade-like members, arrangededge-Wise above said pen, and adapted to hold a supply of ink there:between to be fed down onto the pen as the pen is used, said ink holdingdevice being provided with a laterally projecting, sup porting pin forholding the same above the paper when laid on its side.

4. An ink holding device for use with a writing pen and holder therefor,comprising a holding member adapted to be apphed to the pen holder, andan ink holding device supported thereby above the writing copies of thispatent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the pen andcomprising a plurality of spaced, blade-like members, arranged edge-Wiseabove the pen, and adapted to hold a quantity of ink therebetween bycapillary attraction, whereby said ink is fed gradually onto said pen assaid pen is used, said ink holding device being provided with laterallyprojecting, supporting pins for holding said device above the surfacewhen laid on its side; I

Signed at Portland, Multnomah county, Oregon, this 2nd day of January,1917.

EDWVIN E. THOMAS.

In presence of- I. M. GRIFFIN, J. C. STRENG.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D, 0."

